"Mengyao, I was a scumbag before, shameless, only knew how to smoke, drink, and gamble. That's the truth, I can't deny it."
"But whether you believe it or not, after I fainted last time, I had a realization. I, Ye Yun, have been an orphan since childhood. I don't even know what my parents look like, and even my surname was taken from the orphanage. I always thought I'd be alone my whole life, but ever since I met you."
"You married me despite your parents' objections and all the pressure, without a car or a house... To be honest, in this whole world, besides Keke and you, I, Ye Yun, have no other relatives! If I don't even believe you, then what's the point of living?"
"Besides, even if you are that kind of person, do you really need another month from me, Ye Yun?"
"Mengyao, please come back. I will definitely make you and Keke happy!"
Ye Yun said sincerely after a moment of silence.
"Heh... Ye Yun, you've said these words before."
Li Mengyao merely sneered at this.
Ye Yun was stunned, then gave a wry smile.
These words... he had repeated them countless times.
When they first got together, when he was coaxing Li Mengyao into marriage, and after every argument...
Time and again, Li Mengyao's patience had been worn thin.
Thinking about it carefully, let alone Li Mengyao, even he himself felt a little sick recalling it.
"Alright, no matter what, you were like a man today. Keke, let's go home."
Li Mengyao said coldly, holding Keke's hand.
"Mom, can we go home and live with Dad, please? I want to play with Dad."
Keke pouted.
"It's very late, and you have class tomorrow."
Li Mengyao refused, then picked up Ye Keke and turned to leave.
"Goodbye, Dad!"
Ye Keke, lying on Li Mengyao's back, waved goodbye to Ye Yun reluctantly.
Ye Yun suppressed the pain in his heart and forced a smile.
"Goodbye, Keke, be good and listen to your mother..."
"Happy birthday..."
However, as soon as Ye Yun finished speaking, a seemingly casual remark came from Li Mengyao.
Before Ye Yun could react, the figures of mother and daughter had disappeared into the vast crowd.
Whoosh~
A gust of evening wind blew, and Ye Yun felt his eyes dry.
For the first time in decades, he heard Li Mengyao personally wish him a happy birthday!
"Yes! This is a good start!"
Ye Yun encouraged himself, feeling the same drive he had when he first graduated.
One day, Li Mengyao would accept him again.
Buzz buzz buzz~
Just then, Ye Yun's phone rang. It was Wang Hailin calling.
"President Wang, thank you for what happened just now."
As soon as the call connected, Ye Yun straightened his mindset and spoke first.
Even if Wang Hailin hadn't been there, he wouldn't have suffered much loss from the incident.
But it was impolite to refuse a smiling face, and the man had indeed helped.
If it weren't for Wang Hailin, he would have had to go to the police station.
"Mr. Ye, you're welcome! Compared to your help to my Wang family, this small issue is nothing! Those scumbags who bully men and dominate women deserve the punishment they got!" Wang Hailin said righteously.
After speaking, Wang Hailin didn't stop and continued,
"Mr. Ye, your wife was present just now, so I couldn't invite you. I wonder if you have time recently? I'd like to invite you for a cup of tea and have a good chat."
A chat?
Given Wang Hailin's fawning demeanor just now, even an idiot could tell.
Ye Yun was well aware that Wang Hailin had probably discovered a mole in his company and that there were major problems with those municipal projects.
Initially, Ye Yun didn't plan to agree. But first, the other party had helped him, and second, he still had a licorice root in his pocket. He might as well have Wang Hailin deliver it to Wang Weiguo.
"When?"
Ye Yun asked.
"Anytime is fine, as long as Mr. Ye is free!"
Hearing Ye Yun's promise, Wang Hailin was overjoyed.
"Then let's do it now. I'm still downstairs at Yonghe Yuan. You can come and pick me up."
"Mr. Wang, please wait a moment, I'll be right down!"
...
Xiangchafang.
This was a very famous celebrity teahouse in Jinling.
After all, Wang Hailin was very grateful for Ye Yun's reminder.
That was advice that could save him and even his entire Wang family. To thank him too meagerly would be stingy.
However, he was still a little worried. Ye Yun came from a humble background, so he might not know anything about appreciating tea and would feel awkward.
"Mr. Ye, Xiangchafang is arguably one of the best tea restaurants in Jinling. The West Lake Longjing and Da Hong Pao here are exceptional."
"Don't let the ordinary decoration fool you. In fact, all the furniture is made of high-end golden-thread nanmu, and the teapots are all top-quality purple clay teapots..."
As they got out of the car and walked into the subtly luxurious Xiangchafang, Wang Hailin smiled and introduced.
After all, Ye Yun kept looking around Xiangchafang, and Wang Hailin mistakenly thought Ye Yun was shocked by the decor.
But how could he know that in his past life, Ye Yun had bought Xiangchafang directly?
Everything in here belonged to Ye Yun in his past life!
He even later expanded the Xiangchafang brand and officially promoted China's health preservation philosophy to the world.
Tea, Tai Chi, Chinese medicine...
Everything!
His observation now was merely a recollection.
Led by Wang Hailin, the two quickly arrived at a private room on the second floor.
There, a young man who looked about Ye Yun's age, clearly younger than Wang Hailin, and wearing a large gold chain, was already waiting.
Ye Yun then remembered that he had seen this person at Yonghe Yuan earlier, and he had even slapped Meng Hai's wife.
"Uncle Wang, is this Mr. Ye Yun, the one you mentioned? The expert you talked about?"
Seeing the two arrive, the young man with the gold chain said with a smile.
"Shiyou, that's right, this is Mr. Ye Yun! If it weren't for Mr. Ye's reminder, not only I, but my entire Wang family would have been finished!"
"Mr. Ye, hello, hello! Uncle Wang told me, are you really an extraordinary master from the books who can predict the future?"
Upon confirmation, Lin Shiyou quickly got up and extended his hand, smiling heartily.
"My name is Lin Shiyou. I don't have much education, but I really admire skilled masters like you!"
Lin Shiyou?
Hearing the other person's name, Ye Yun was stunned.
He actually knew this person. Or rather, in about a month, this Lin Shiyou's name would be all over the internet.
After all, his father was a true lucky pig in this fantastical world!
Lin Shiyou's father was initially a coal miner, a complete chosen pig!
He had little education since childhood, yet he earned billions from coal mining. Later, he was persuaded to develop in Shangjing, and his father went there.
Once he went, he created a legend.
At that time, it was just before the rise in housing prices in Shangjing. Old Lin spent all his billions buying houses in Shangjing, thousands of them.
He struck it rich directly.
Later, he invested in the stock market, and by some stroke of luck.
Whenever he bought liquor stocks, they would rise. Whenever he bought pharmaceutical stocks, they would rise.
He earned billions again.
In short, standing in the wind, even a pig can fly.
Old Lin was that pig standing in the wind.
And he was the chosen pig most favored by the goddess of fortune!
Perhaps the world is fair, and the father's good fortune needs to be paid for by the son.